WPS FY26 proposed budget is posted

It can be found here.
Please enjoy the snail* on the cover, the work of Worcester Arts Magnet student Miguel Andrade.

and despite the cover: it's always only a proposed budget
until the School Committee takes action on it

I'll see if I can post a bit more once I get to it, but to follow up on my posts earlier this week, if you turn to page 376 (381 in the online edition), you will find, indeed:

...the city is projected to be $1,793,310 short of its minimum required contribution to schools next year. 

The standard calculation done for every city and town in Massachusetts can be found on page 373 (online 378).

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*Yes, this does mean BUDGET FISH has been replaced by BUDGET SNAIL and I think I may need to start making references to the speed with which the city of Worcester is getting to required spending. 

It isn't, of course, the snail's fault. He seems a cheerful sort, clearly making the best of things.